1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Minnesota House District 3A
Minnesota House of Representatives · Minnesota
Chet Cook Jr. (R) won with 59.7% of the vote, defeating Irvin Anderson (D) by 19.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Chet Cook Jr.Republican · winner
59.7%7,421
Irvin AndersonDemocrat · incumbent
40.3%5,006
12,427 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1978
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET